, 1887-02-09
WINTER NOTES.
Occurrences In and About
the City.
Matters Of Minor Importance
Hastily Gathered.

The district cour held quite II busy ses-
sion yesterday.
The supreme court adjourned for the
term yesterday afternoon.
Russell Thorp was yesterday appointed
a notary public by Governor Moonlight.
Be sure and see the beautiful ~"goslIngs'
at the Mother Goose festival, Friday even
ing.
Fewer tramps and beggars are n%oticea-
BILE in town at present, but there is no
telling when we will receive another ship
ment.
A number of Wyoming cattlemen went
to Denver yesterday for the purpose of
attending the cattlemens convention now
in session in that city.
The entertainment given at Keefe's hall
last evening by the Thalia Theater club
was a grand success, and all present were
perfectly satisfied.
Much progress has been made on the
roof Of the west end of the new depot, and
work on the second story of the east end
and tower is fast progressing.
Judging from the preparations made
and making. the Mother Goose festival
at Keefe hall, on Friday evening. pro-
misses to be the finest success of the sea-
son.
The entertainment and supper given by
the M. +. lyceum at the Methodist church
last evening was we'll ~patronized. The
proceeds will go toward the purchase of a
piano for the society.
The accident upon the Cheyenne &
Northern. yesterday morning, was a terri
Bile affair. 1t was the first which has
occurred upon the new road, and it is to
be hoped that it may be the last.
The new county clerk at Deadwood has
given the following notice, which is posted
in his Office: Lady applicants for posi-
tons will please weep in the anteroom, as
the clerk suffers from damp feet"
The A. y. U. w. and S. K, A. o. u.
W., deserve a good attendance at their
ball to morrow evening, and the indica-
tons are that they will have it. 1t will
be as select as it is possible for a lodge
ball to be made. Tickets. admitting gem
tleman and ladies', sl.50. Attend. and
you'll not regret it.
Insurance Commissioner j. b. Adams,
of Rawlins, is in town, and it is rumored
that he contemplates resigning his Office.
In case he should do SO, Carbon county
Democrats intend to present to Governor
Moonlight the name of p. T. Mcnamara
for the vacancy. Mr.. Mcnamara is a
true Democrat, honest, capable, and Of
good report. lie would make a first
class insurance commissioner.
A Denver gentleman was standing in
front Of the Dyer hotel, last evening. laxily
watching two small newsboys whose antics
made them picturesque. The smaller
scamp could not have been 7 years old,
but his face was a study. A very beauti-
full and stylish woman, exceedingly grace
full in her bearing, passed, and the Den
v%erite's admiring gaze followed her. A
touch on his sleeve drew his attention,
and looking down he met the cleaning
eyes of the tiny Arab. The y~oungster
lisped with a wink and a grin: Il thay,
mithter, why don't you go and mash herr
| would!'
Prof. Emmons, our former fellow towns.
man. has again distinguished himself. He
has published a notice in a Washington
paper that he will not be responsible fol
his wife's debts. On the day the Jury
announced its verdict in Mrs. Emmons'
favor he sent a note to the proprietors Of
Won corral no,;oa tho, 7 Mill not ha m.